Daily Archives: October 11, 2010

“The investment in CFLs would save more than 5 times as much electricity in 5 years than the wind turbine would produce in 20 years.”

Glenn Schleede provides his, as always, interesting take on energy issues.  In this corner, it’s the CFL bulb and in the other corner, the wind turbine. Mr. Schleede calls this exercise a “back of the envelope” analysis with conclusions that … Continue reading

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Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for October 11, 2010

Items of interest: 1-Just curious … if you’ve got the wind, and the mandates for renewables almost assures they will need your wind, why would you find it necessary to give them a tax break? Firm seeks tax break for … Continue reading

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